as we head westward, minneapolis 50 degrees on the cool side as well, otherwise out west, 66 in los angeles, 78 currently in phoenix, so, very warm across parts of the desert southwest, so looking at some of the summer heat in place out there. otherwise high temperatures will be heating up across parts of the northern plains and very warm, 81 in rapid city and some of the temperatures are up to 20 degrees above what's normal for this time of the year, texas, southern parts of the texas, 82 for the high temperature and san antonio upper 80's across parts of florida and tampa, the northeast, widespread 60's as far west as portions of chicago and in the city of chicago, we are expecting a lot of heavy rain across parts of the lower mississippi valley, including the state of texas, also, louisiana and mississippi, and anywhere between one to three inches of rain, locally throw, four to five inches. of course, flooding is a concern because of the heavy rain with some of the storms that could produce severe weather in the form of damaging wind gusts and isolated tornados. we'll keep you posted he